Though the stoppage over new media compensation will continue indefinitely, a handful of those shows, including General Electric -owned (nyse: GE - news - people ) NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, as well as Walt Disney-owned (nyse: DIS - news - people )ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, will return to the screen without writers on Jan. 2.

FORBES: Writers Gone, Viewers Stay